Word: centralizing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election of Patrick E. Crowley to the Presidency of the New York Central Railroad (TIME; April 14) was interpreted as revealing the policy of the company's directors in favoring succession in office of operating executives. Since Chauncey M. Depew, a lawyer, was President, all his four successors-Samuel R. Colloway, William H. Newman, W. C. Brown and the late A. H. Smith-have been operating...
Secondly, the Board is believed to have taken into consideration Mr. Crowley's popularity in the rank and file of Central employees, in which he resembles the late Mr. Smith. Crowley began at 14 as a telegrapher on the Erie...
Finally, the selection is a tribute to Mr. Crowley himself. He began as an employee of the Central at 25; for about ten years he was a train master; at 36 he became a division superintendent; at 40, assistant general superintendant to the road, and at 43 its General Manager. Subsequently his title has been changed to Assistant Vice President and then Vice President, but his job has been as chief operating executive of the road with the duty of maintaining its equipment and its line of 17,000 miles. Next August Mr. Crowley will...
...years thereafter, Miss Farrar, dark and passionate, made only concert appearances, while the fair-haired, blue-eyed, milky-armed Jeritza held the central position in the Metropolitan's female galaxy...
...however, the Farrar Carmen is coming back. Geraldine's manager announced last week that an independent company is being formed. Its repertoire will consist of but one opera - Bizet's masterpiece. The singers, revolving like planets around the central Farrar-sun, will all be artists of proved ability, the orchestra will be conducted by a "former conductor of the Metropolitan," the dances will be arranged by the "foremost Russian master of choregraphy now resident "in New York," the costumes will be cut from original designs by an atelier in West 57th St., Manhattan, and the scenic effects will...